"Someone did tell us that there was an algae bloom near the northern end near the boat launch of Lake Carmi," said Saxton, LCI's director of conservation and education.

The fear is these blooms could be toxic. They've poisoned animals in the past and could sicken humans.

"The easiest thing to do and the safest thing to do is if you see something that looks like blue-green algae, is to avoid it," said Saxton.

The news isn't changing Davis's plans.

"I don't go in the water, so it doesn't worry me," she said, adding she'd think think differently if her kids were around. "It was the end of June when we went to the Sand Bar and they told us that there's blue-green algae in the water and right there and then I said, 'Ok, my girls are not going in that water.'"

According to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation, there are blue-green algae blooms in several New York lakes --but officials report no blooms are present in Clinton, Essex or Franklin counties.